Sulciplica chatsworthensis Waterhouse 2004 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae

Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 2004. Permian and Triassic stratigraphy and fossils of the Himalaya in northern Nepal. Earthwise 6:1-259

Belongs to Sulciplica according to J. B. Waterhouse 2004

Sister taxa: Sulciplica crassa, Sulciplica occidentalis, Sulciplica phalaena, Sulciplica stutchburii, Sulciplica tasmaniensis, Sulciplica thailandica, Sulciplica transversa, Sulciplica vellai

Type specimen: UQF 454266. Its type locality is Chatsworth, 5 miles north of Gympie, which is in an Artinskian carbonate limestone in Australia.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Chatsworth, 5 miles north of Gympie

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